Amir's top pick among 'big four'

Mohammad Amir stated his case as one of the world's best bowlers during a scintillating performance in the ICC Champions Trophy final recently, and now the Pakistani paceman has had his say regarding the question of who is the world's best batsman.

Amir has been back on the international scene for 18 months now, following a five-year ban for his role in the Lord's spot-fixing scandal in 2010, and has come up against the likes of Australia pair Steve Smith and David Warner, South Africa's AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla, England captain Joe Root and New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, among plenty of other dynamic willow-wielders.

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But the left-arm tearaway nominated a subcontinental opponent as the best of the lot.

"They all are (great) but personally Virat Kohli," Amir said when asked who of gun quartet Smith, Williamson, Kohli and Root was the best batsman during a Q&A session on Twitter.

Amir removed Kohli and in-form openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan during a devastating spell that all but sealed the Champions Trophy title for Pakistan last month.